Shadowline The Art of Iain Mccaig

"What isShadowline? It is the place where things meet: light and shadows, hope and despair, good and evil. It is, to me, the most interesting place to hunt for stories." So begins this stunningly realized and beautifully rendered new work from master storyteller and artist Iain McCaig. McCaig is best known for his work as a principal designer on the three Star Wars prequels, including the iconic characters Queen Amidala and Darth Maul, as well as his work on many major motion pictures, television, and video games. His work can be seen in such acclaimed films asTerminator 2,Hook, Francis Ford Coppola'sDracula,Interview with a Vampire, andHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Shadowlinepresents a stunning portfolio of more than two decades of McCaig's masterful concept designs and storyboards, cover art and illustrations, as well as his private sketchbooks and personal paintings, all woven together within the confines of an engrossing, otherworldly tale. "I've been telling stories for years, with paint, with words, with film and video cameras, and pixels on computer screens. I can't explain storytelling the way teachers explain math or history. To explain what I'm doing when I create would be like waking up while still dreaming. We are all storytellers night after night, for even the most inartistic of us can still dream like masters." -Iain McCaig "Iain McCaig's characters arrive on the page fully formed, their life stories expressed through every beautiful pencil stroke, from the lightest fairy tales to the darkest nightmares." -Doug Chiang, Academy Award-winning designer ofTerminator 2,The Mask,Attack of the Clones, andThe Phantom MenaceMcCaig, Iain is the author of 'Shadowline The Art of Iain Mccaig', published 2007 under ISBN 9781933784243 and ISBN 1933784245.